Tag: Government incompetence

Some of us have referenced Dan Brotman’s perspective of Glendale as a city on which he likes to “experiment.” But few have actually heard him say it.So, here it is. It’s true. Councilmember, Dan Brotman really does see our city as one on which he can “experiment” with theoretical policy,…

This week the results of a Public Record Request (PRR) requesting Glendale City Clerk, Suzie Abajian’s, total time off was released. It request a collection of ALL time off for ALL reasons, holidays, sick leave, vacation time, personal time off, etc. Unfortunately, the report response received included only the days…

At the April 28, 2026 Glendale City Council meeting, public speaker Patrick Masihi spoke about the corruption he witnessed at the Transportation and Parking Commission meeting the previous day. TPC Commissioner, and City Council candidate, AleK Bartrosuf, granted special concessions for a Pelanconi neighborhood resident who donated to his and…

Glendale Councilmember, Dan Brotman, posted a video on Instagram and introduced the subject of Verdugo Wash concerns with his best Mr. Rogers imitation. “Hi, my name is Dan Brotman. And this is Mr. Bonsai.” With some relaxing music in the background (to put us in a ‘mellow mood’) he let’s…

What more can the City of Glendale do to fight SB 79? City Council incumbents, Dan Brotman, Elen Asatryan, and Transportation Commissioner, Alek Bartrosouf want to passively await state mandate decisions. Possibly reacting to them after the fact. Patrick Murphy, among other candidates, wants a more proactive City Council who…

Patrick makes some compelling points for a change in leadership and a change in Glendale’s spending habits. – Glendale’s population decreased by 9,000.– Budget has grown by more than 50% in an inflation environment of only 21% (2020-2024).– Glendale’s spending budget went from $840 million 2020, to $1.2 to $1.3…

At the July 13, 2021 City Council discussions on whether Glendale should provide public funding for Council election candidates, councilmember, Ara Najarian, revealed that he doesn’t like his job very much. Despite his creation of the City Council ‘Dark Days’ policy, giving himself and staff a day off by eliminating…

At the February 16, 2021 City Council Meeting, Councilmember Dan Brotman made comments directly to the viewing public regarding motives behind the ‘Winegate’ fiasco orchestrated by Ara Najarian. This video includes his statement directed to the citizens of Glendale. Mr. Brotman informs us that some with commercial developer interests are…

Published to Facebook January 9, 2021 with the message “Peace and Love.” At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, while case and death numbers were rapidly increasing in Glendale, this Glendale City Council member was enjoying a day at the beach and declaring himself “the love doctor.” — Nauseating. On…

On December 31, 2020 Ardy Kassakhian posted on Twitter: “Meeting agendas ready 12 days before the actual scheduled meeting. Let’s make this a regular occurrence so the public has a chance to see what’s coming up for a vote. #transparency#LocalGov “ I agree that the public should have plenty of…

Today @MyGlendale tweeted a series of nine COVID-19 messages to the public. In their final message, they pled for the public to consider those who have lost their lives in Glendale to COVID-19, citing 225 people who have died from the disease. Unfortunately, their data was two days old, and…

Ara Najarian shows us exactly how much importance he places on the health and well-being of Glendale citizens. Najarian proposed the creation of a pseudo-health department which Glendale can lay claim to by “meeting the qualification and check the boxes.” His motivation was NOT FOR THE SAKE OF PUBLIC HEALTH,…

At the September 15, 2020 Special City Council Meeting , Council and Staff discussed the standards and review process for wall murals. It was a very interesting meeting, and worth watching the full broadcast version at the link above. Currently, if a mural design has to undergo review, a number…